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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

O Father, light up the small duties of this day’s life: may they shine with the beauty of Thy countenance. May we believe that glory can dwell in the commonest task of every day.

Augustine

This Day's Verse

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:1
The New American Standard Bible

This Day's Smile

Without Thy presence, wealth are bags of cares;
Wisdom, but folly; joy, disquiet, sadness:
Friendship is treason, and delights are snares;
Pleasure’s but pain, and mirth but pleasing madness.

Francis Quarles

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness, and ravishment to the soul. In other words, that it made the soul like a field or garden of God, with all manner of pleasant flowers.

Jonathan Edwards

This Day's Verse

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 1:4-5
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

Thomas Moore

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Take all the pleasures of all the spheres,
And multiply each through endless years,—
One minute of heaven is worth them all.

Thomas Moore

This Day's Verse

David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: “The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—from violent people you save me.

2 Samuel 22:1-3
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

Secret, fervent, believing prayer lies at the root of all personal godliness.

William Carey

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Our heart is in heaven, our home is not here.

Reginald Heber

This Day's Verse

We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds.

Psalm 75:1
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

Never dwell on the tomorrow; remember, that it’s God’s and not ours.

E. B. Pusey

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Earth grows into heaven, as we come to live and breathe in the atmosphere of the incarnation. Jesus makes heaven wherever He is.

Frederick W. Faber

This Day's Verse

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 17:3
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

I will light candles this Christmas,
Candles of joy, despite all sadness,
Candles of hope where despair keeps watch.
Candles of courage where fear is ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens.
Candles of love to inspire all my living,
Candles that will burn all the year long.

Howard Thurman

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

Our best chance of finding God is to look in the place where we left him.

Meister Eckhart

This Day's Verse

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:1-4
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Every blade of grass has its share of the dews of heaven.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

An old theologian once said, “Who chides a servant for taking away the first course of a feast when the second consists of far greater delicacies?” Who then can regret that this present world passes away when he sees that an eternal world of joy is coming? The first course is grace, but the second is glory, and that is as much better as the fruit is better than the blossom.

Charles Spurgeon

This Day's Verse

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

My Bible didn’t come with a bottle of Wite-Out. I’ve looked for those Bible ‘kits’—I’ve seen others using them—but I still haven’t figured out where they’re getting them.

R. R. Ball

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

So much of our lives is celestial and divine as we spend in the exercise of prayer.

Richard Hooker

This Day's Verse

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 1:9
The New American Standard Bible

This Day's Smile

Can you hear the sighing in the wind? Can you feel the heavy silence in the mountains? Can you sense the restless longing in the sea? Can you see it in the woeful eyes of an animal? Something’s coming… something better.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

To service the poor purely for the love of God.

Mother Teresa

This Day's Verse

Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live!

Isaiah 38:16
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

When Christ calls me Home I shall go with the gladness of a boy bounding away from school.

Adoniram Judson

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

Saints are persons who make it easier for others to believe in God.

Nathan Söderblom

This Day's Verse

“Even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.” Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

Joel 2:12-13
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

In this world believers are united to God by faith…In heaven it shall be by love.

John Owen

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